California Society for Ecological Restoration August 2024 |
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In this newsletter, you will find: Expand Your Network: Join a Mentorship Family! Oil Well Deal for Southern CA Wetlands Renew Yourself: Join SERCAL Thank you, Sponsoring Members! CAL-IPC Photo Contest Now Open! Lake Tahoe Restoration Undergrad Mentorship Program Pathways to Inclusive Research Training Program Symposium Rethinking Stormwater Here's Some Good News! Santa Ana River Native Fish Survey Our Partner Organizations are the Best! Check Out All the Resources on our Website! |
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It's time to register for SERCAL's 2024/2025 Mentorship Program
This is a year-long program that pairs mid- and late-career restoration practitioners with early-career and Next Generation mentees. We will help you connect with folks in your area and in your field of interest.
If you have been involved in the program in the past but have not yet been assigned a mentorship family in 2024, please re-submit an interest form for our 2024/2025 cohort (the program resets after each annual conference).
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Oil Well Deal for Southern CA Wetlands |
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"The first casualty of California’s new restrictions on oil wells could be a pact to restore Southern California wetlands."
"A small oil company in Long Beach has been working with the Los Cerritos Wetlands Authority for eight years on an agreement to shut down 39 old oil wells and preserve 150 acres of wetlands in Seal Beach, on the border of Los Angeles and Orange counties. The deal also called for drilling as many as 30 new wells on land currently used as a pumpkin patch."
However, the swap agreement made with Synergy oil company is not appreciated by all.
"Not everyone is a fan of the project. Environmental groups sued over it in 2021, arguing that exchanging increased oil production for wetlands protection was essentially a bad trade."“Whatever the merits of the restoration project are, you shouldn’t be having to trade that for well approvals,” said Kassie Siegel, an attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity. “Those things should be separate.”
Read more here!
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Thank you, 2024 Sponsoring Members!
With your support of SERCAL, you are facilitating the growth and sustainability of a collaborative, knowledge-based, forward-thinking industry that is leading the effort to create and sustain a robust California native landscape for wildlife, plants, and people. We greatly appreciate the support and camaraderie of the following organizations and invite your organization to join in this important effort!
Valley Oak Sponsors
Arroyo Willow Sponsors
Sustaining Business Members Sustaining Individual Members Scott Dreher | Lisa Paterson | Emily Zefferman Our Cadre of Torchbearers for the Next Generation And the continued and generous support of Victor Schaff and the Schaff Family Foundation |
CAL-IPC Photo Contest Now Open! |
Support CAL-IPC by submitting photos of before and after restoration results, weed workers in action, invaded landscapes, and any other restoration-related photos that can be used for their website, brochures, campaigns, and reports. Your help is much appreciated!
July 15 - Sept. 15: Submit photos online.
Sept. 16 – Oct. 24: Vote!
Oct. 25: Winners announced at the 2024 Cal-IPC Symposium.
Submit photos here!
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Senator Catherine Cortez Masto’s (D-Nev.) legislation to extend the authorization of the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act for 10 years passed the Senate today.
“We’ve come a long way in protecting and preserving our beautiful lake and surrounding communities from the effects of climate change, and we must continue to build upon those efforts. I’m thrilled to see that the Senate has passed our legislation to make sure that future generations can enjoy Lake Tahoe, and I’ll keep fighting until it becomes law.”
"It will allow critical funding to support environmental protection and habitat restoration programs across the basin for the next ten years. This law has delivered millions in federal dollars to Lake Tahoe since the original law passed in 2000."
Read more here !
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Undergrad Mentorship Program - Marine Sciences |
The Pathways to Research Training Program has provided funding to faculty so that they may provide mentorship to underrepresented students in ocean and coastal science.
"Many of the funded programs focused on one key strategy: mentorship, often accomplished by pairing undergraduate students with graduate mentors. One program, at San Diego State University, found success by creating research teams consisting of a community college student, a fourth-year undergraduate and a graduate student mentor. After participating weekly in collaborative research and online trainings for three months, the younger students reported a higher sense of belonging in the sciences."
Read more here!
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Are you interested in finding ways to make your research program more inclusive for students from underrepresented backgrounds? Join Sea Grant California's symposium which includes awardees of the Pathways to Inclusive Research Training Program, who will share what they learned while implementing their pilot programs over the past year.
Read more here!
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While there are many downsides to the effects of stormwater after heavy rains, it remains true that stormwater has the potential to positively impact other aspects of community resources such as green spaces and the refilling of aquifers.
"CASQA advances sustainable stormwater management protective of California’s water resources. We advocate for stormwater policies, regulations, legislation, and solutions that are based on the latest science. We emphasize stormwater capture—putting water in the ground. We also focus on “true” source control—keeping contaminants such as plastics and pesticides out of stormwater in the first place. For example, rather than going after one pesticide at a time, we need an approval process that considers aquatic toxicity before a pesticide is authorized for use."
Read more here!
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California has adopted new targets to preserve and restore coastal habitats. A proposed bond aims to fund new commitments for eelgrass and wetlands. These targets aim to improve climate conditions as well.
“On April 22, the California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA) adopted new carbon pollution reduction targets for the state’s forests, wetlands, grasslands, rangelands, deserts, urban green spaces, and agricultural lands—known collectively as “natural and working lands.” These targets will help the state reduce greenhouse gas emissions while bolstering the ability of nature and people to adapt to a changing climate.”
“Although the most effective way to limit carbon pollution is by reducing fossil fuel emissions, improving management of natural and working lands can play an important role as well. When healthy, these lands can sequester carbon and limit future greenhouse gas emissions.”
“CNRA’s new targets comprise three specific commitments on more than 233,000 acres of coastal and freshwater wetlands, eelgrass beds, and mountain meadow wetlands (water-logged areas found in high elevations such as the Sierra Nevada mountains)”
Read more here !
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Santa Ana River Native Fish Survey |
It's that time of year again! The Santa Ana Native River Fish survey is up.
"The Santa Ana River in the Los Angeles region of California demonstrates common habitat degradation symptoms that are characteristic of the urban stream syndrome. These impacts have altered the Santa Ana River community structure, with few species as impacted as the native Santa Ana sucker (sucker; Pantosteus santaanae). 2. Consequently, a recovery plan developed for sucker identified the need for a population viability analysis (PVA) to assess sucker extirpation risk."
To read more from this publication on the Santa Ana River Survey, click here
To view the dataset, click here
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Our Partner Organizations are the Best California Native Grasslands Association (CNGA) leads the popular Grasslands session at our conferences. Our organizations also offer a joint membership discount as well as discounted registrations to each other's events.
California Invasive Plant Council (Cal-IPC) is another important partner in restoring our native California landscapes. We offer discounts to each other's annual gatherings.
California Ecological Restoration Business Association (CalERBA) is a 501c6 organization that represents a growing sector of state businesses that specialize in delivery of high impact environmental outcomes.
California Association of Resource Conservation Districts (CARCD) is a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to serving as a strong advocate, technical resource, and partner to the state's 96 RCDs so that they can be Relevant, Excellent, and Visible “go-to” hubs for conservation in their communities.
Ecological Workforce Initiative is working to meet the workforce needs of the growing ecological restoration industry by training workers for living-wage careers that support both the economic vitality of our communities and the health of our environment.
The UC Davis Graduate Program on Environmental Policy and Management provides advanced training in applying environmental science to real-world environmental policy and management issues focusing on building quantitative skills for practice-oriented careers in environmental policy and management.
Members of the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) are able to earn CERP credits towards certification through SERCAL's annual conference.
The University of Wisconsin Press offers SERCAL members discounted subscriptions to Ecological Restoration and Native Plants Journal.
Are we missing a potential partner? Let us know who to contact! |
Post a Job | Find a Job
It's easy and it's free! Find a great job or an amazing new member of your team. Here are some of the most recent jobs posted to our website:
- STRAW Apprentice - Petaluma. Point Blue Conservation Science. Application Filing Deadline: 08/07/2024.
- Marin Restoration Technician - Petaluma, California. Point Blue Conservation Science. Application Filing Deadline: 08/11/2024 11:59pm.
- Nursery and Restoration Technician - Novato, CA. Point Blue Conservation Science. Application Filing Deadline: 08/11/2024, 11:59pm.
- Environmental Biology and GIS Internship - Upper Santa Ana River Wash in southwestern San Bernardino County, California. San Bernardino Valley Water Conservation District. Application Filing Deadline: 08/16/2024.
- Trails Project Manager - Laguna Beach. Laguna Canyon Foundation. Application Filing Deadline: 08/16/2024.
- Field Assistants, Non-chemical Invasive Species Control and Restoration - Trabuco Canyon, CA. Audubon Starr Ranch Sanctuary. Application Filing Deadline: 08/23/2024.
- Wetland Delineator / Permitting Specialist - Throughout California. SummitWest Environmental. Application Filing Deadline: 09/30/2024.
- Senior Wildlife Biologist / Senior Botanist - Throughout California. SummitWest Environmental. Application Filing Deadline: 09/30/2024.
Go to our RESOURCES menu to find or post a JOB, VOLUNTEER events, and even MORE OPPORTUNITIES! |
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